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Self-Acquaintance
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
Self-Acquaintance
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, There fiery seeds of anger lurk, Legality holds out a bribe While Unbelief withstands Thy grace, How eager are my thoughts to roam, Oh, cleanse me in a Saviour's blood,Which of itself complains,
And mourns, with much and frequent smart,
The evil it contains.
Which often hurt my frame;
And wait but for the tempter's work,
To fan them to a flame.
To purchase life from Thee;
And Discontent would fain prescribe
How Thou shalt deal with me.
And puts the mercy by;
Presumption, with a brow of brass,
Says, "Give me, or I die!"
In quest of what they love!
But ah! when duty calls them home,
How heavily they move!
Transform my by Thy power,
And make me Thy beloved abode,
